A cluster ammunition rocket lies on a sunflower field at sunset in the recently retaken area of Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File Advertisement A tennis ball-sized bomblet was recently defused in the river town of Kasi in northern Laos. The munition was discovered shortly before the 50th anniversary of the … Read more
The Debate | Opinion Pro-Russian netizens in Vietnam are pointing out the apparent U.S. hypocrisy on cluster munitions and human rights. Cluster bombs on display at the COPE Visitor Centre in Vientiane, Laos, January 2, 2015. Credit: Flickr/Mario Micklisch Advertisement The recent decision by the United States to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine has sparked a wave … Read more
Limb prosthetics exposed in The UXO Lao Visitor Centre, Luang Prabang, Laos, November 2016. Credit: Depositphotos Advertisement The governments of Laos and Cambodia have criticized the United States’ decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, pointing to the baleful legacies that the weapons have had on their own people. In a statement yesterday that did … Read more